On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 1:03 PM, Pau <vim.unix at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>> I have googled, looked in the pragma site etc for a template (style)
> of an a0 poster. Doing this with latex is a bit of a nightmare and the
> result is not very appealing.
> I am looking for something in the size of a0 with embedded boxes with
> plots, equations etc. If such a file existed and was to be found
> somewhere I'd be grateful if you gave me a link.
>> thanks
You could use Layers, Overlays, backgrounds etc.
\setuppapersize[A0][A0]
\definelayer
[posterbox]
[width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=posterbox]
\setupbodyfont[50pt]
\starttext
\startstandardmakeup
\setlayerframed
[posterbox]
[x=10cm,y=7cm]
[width=40cm,align=right]
{\input knuth\par}
\setlayerframed
[posterbox]
[x=23cm,y=67cm]
[width=40cm,align=right]
{\input tufte\par}
\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
Greetings
Wolfgang